flying boat

From Modern Mechanix 1937/8, what was this ?.

Ho, for this competition,the main tenders were; SARO P.104,P,162,Blackburn B-78,Supermarine 524 and Shorts PD.2,has anyone a drawings to Blackburn and Shorts proposals ?.

I'm posting this in the post war section, but it is possible, given it's title that it may be a interwar project. I came across this proposal from Short Bros for an eight-engined long range flying boat. I have checked throughout the site but without any luck. Wonder if anyone can fill in the...

A Belgian startup is working on a water bomber concept. "Scooping smoothly SEAGLE is designed for safe operations in the most demanding situations. Scooping water from a sleeping lake appears as a quiet task for the pilot while scooping from a windy sea surface can be very stressful. This...

This plane didnt get far than a fullscale mockup, before cancelled. A very interesting plane though, with its flying boat retractable hull on a fighter.. I made it in foamboard at 1150mm wingspan, with landingear retracts for hull, and sponsoons. And of course a counter rotating prop system...

In an interview with Discovery aired on the Planes That Never Flew episode about the WS-125, George Kerevan mentioned that the Soviet Union came up with a proposal for a nuclear-powered flying boat weighing 1,000 tons. The 1,000 ton flying boat had a wingspan over over 420 feet and four...

Could I have PDF copies of the following issues in Aerospace Projects Review: US Bomber Projects #16: The B-52 Evolution Special (http://www.aerospaceprojectsreview.com/blog/?p=2416) US Transport Projects #01 (http://www.aerospaceprojectsreview.com/blog/?p=1907) US Transport Projects #05...

Hi, Mr. L. Janoir was a French pilot,and in 1911 he designed his first monoplane,maybe called J-1,he worked for Deperdussin in 1912,and he went to Germany,but return and help the same designer again,and in 1914 left to Russia,he employed for Vladimir Lebedev,maybe created the J-2 in there. He...

As stated in the companion thread on the Grumman G-132 design, "The 1955 CNO OR AS-040502 required an ASW flying boat with the ability to alight in the open sea, up to sea state 5, in order to operate a sophisticated dunking sonar, AN/ASQ6." This resulted in the "Open Ocean Seaplane" request for...

Models of ekranoplan aircraft carrier and T-20A transport ekranoplan designed by Robert Bartini while at Beriev Aircraft Corporation. Source: http://www.beriev.com/eng/Pr_rel_e/pr_110e.html

I know of a number of WWI and 1920s designs for fighter flying boats--various Macchi and Caproni designs and the Supermarine Baby and related racers, for example. I also know of a number of post-WWII designs for jet flying boat fighters like the Saro and even the Convair Sea Dart. Does anyone...

Hello folks, Pardon me if this is old news, but there's an interesting article on Noel Pemberton-Billing’s 'slip-wing' composite nightfighter and bomber designs at: http://airminded.org/2007/04/18/a-sister-to-assist-er/ For an artist's impression of a P-B carrier-plus-parasite-bomber design...

Hallo, we know most of this company's aircraft ,such as: MBR-2,MBR-4,MBR-7,MDR-5,MP-1,KOR-1,KOR-2,KOR-3,KOR-4,KOR-9,MS-4,MS-5, MS-7,MS-8,IL-143,R-1,B-10,VVA14,14M1P,M-62,A-50,A-60, Be-2,4,6,8,10,12,14,30,32,40,42,44,103,132,200,976 and 2500. But there are anther aircraft and projects:- C-13...

In 1952 the US Navy put out a Request for Proposal to the US Aircraft industry asking for an advanced jet-powered 'Fast Mine-Laying Maritime Patrol Flying Boat' The winner of this RfP was Martin with their P6M-1/2 SeaMaster design. Unfortunatly this design did not go into full production, and...